I want to stay like this for you. I like who I’ve become.”“Kristen, I’ve thought long and hard about this. I want to free you to find out what...you really think about this. You need to be first.”She had that look I’ve seen since the first days where a more complicated instruction would cause them to look like they were preoccupied until they accepted it. It went on for a few seconds and then she answered, “Of course Master, as you wish.”Amy started restraining Kristen and then attaching one of. She crawled back as fast as she could without taking her arms away from anywhere important. But eventually the chain attached to her ankle went taught and she couldn't go any further. Neil reached out to her.Ashley batted his hand away, but he kept at it. Furiously she tried to keep his horrid hand from touching her body. This was a mistake because she suddenly exposed her breasts to the open and Neil was able to pinch her nipple.Pain shot through her breast. Neil held on tightly, increasing. I just sat and listened smiling in awe over the speed and surety of their bonded solutions.I could not keep silent any longer. I said, "Your coffees are getting cold." They all stopped talking and looked at me. I laughed and said, "Yes. I am still here!" They laughed and started drinking their coffees.I said, "What about the problem of my identity? Ricky has lived here for 16 years now. I know Betty lives in the very nice section of the suburbs and I am not known there at all. What about here. “How are you feeling?”“Better. Except, worse. Everything looks the same as it did a minute ago, but it’s harder to remember what I did before. Like this version is real and my memories are nothing more than daydream.”“…That doesn’t sound fun.”“It isn’t. This has been bad enough when I trusted memory, but losing it on top of losing my mind…” I trail off for a moment. “I need this to stop. Really.”“So do I. We’ll figure it out, though. Once we talk to X and E we can figure this out once.